A New Jersey native narrowly escaped with his life on Sunday morning during the massacre in Orlando — and now he has a message for the man behind the carnage.

“Omar, you failed…You tried to massacre the very one thing that you can never destroy in our community. Ever. You can not take away our love. It is more powerful than anything else that exists in the world,” explained Alejandro A. Francisco, in an open letter to Omar Mateen, which was posted on xoJane.com on Monday.

“We are stronger than your hate,” he said. “We always will be.”

Francisco, a 21-year-old Orlando resident who was born in the Garden State, was inside the Pulse nightclub celebrating Latin night just minutes before Omar Mateen stormed in and started blasting.

Luckily for him, a friend wanted to beat the traffic and decided they should leave early. It was a decision that ultimately saved Francisco’s life.

“I’ve been going to the club for a few years now, and it’s a wonderful place to let loose and really be yourself in Orlando,” he said.

‘Eddie did not survive…But love did. In fact, it just grew stronger.’

- Alejandro Francisco speaking about victim Eddie Justice

“We had been having an amazing weekend, and we were planning to stay until it closed, but as it turned out, my friend Vincent had the premonition that he wanted to head out before everyone tried to leave at once, since last call was already upon us.”

Francisco said that moments after walking out the door, they began hearing gunshots.

“They sounded like firecrackers,” he said. “We were terrified. We saw people running all around us, some of them jumping fences. We had no idea the all-consuming nightmare we narrowly escaped inside.”

It wasn’t until the smoke cleared that Francisco realized how fortunate he was.

“In the aftermath of almost dying, of narrowly escaping your wrath, my friends and I have been walking around like zombies all day,” he said. “We survived, but now all we have are questions. What do we do now? Why am I still here? How could this have happened? And of course — why, why, why do you hate us like you do?”

Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in Washington D.C.EPA

Throughout his open letter to Mateen, Francisco blasts the 29-year-old and his actions — while also describing his own experiences with violence in the past.

“Violence had long been part of my life,” he said. “Ever since the fifth grade, I have been made fun of and called a f—-t and had to fight for dignity and pride all my life. But…when I came out to my mom, she looked at me, and she knew. I could tell she had always known, and she loved me so much. She gave me a look that told me she would love me forever…I am so sorry you must not have ever had that in your life. Otherwise, I can’t imagine you would have wanted so badly to end mine.”

Speaking directly to Mateen, Francisco closes his letter by citing the names of some of his known victims — including Eddie Justice, a 30-year-old man who texted his mother “I’m gonna die…I love you” while trapped inside a bathroom.

“Violence all around him, and he found the love,” Francisco said. “Eddie did not survive…But love did. In fact, it just grew stronger.”

Photos of the immediate aftermath following the Orlando gay club shooting:

Friends and family members embrace outside Orlando police headquarters after the Pulse nightclub mass shooting.